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    "id": 948357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": "I would have loved a situation where the Committee would have told us that they had some interaction with some of the people who are suffering there or who have undergone those problems. The embassy will lie and say that they do not know about them because they did not tell the embassy when they entered the country. There should have been a way of getting a proper report from the victims themselves and see how to address their issues. The Committee has done its best to tell us what they saw, how they voted and what their observations were, but they should have gone deeper and interviewed one or two people who have been denied their passports. I am afraid I hear that some of them are locked in houses. They could have made an effort to, at least, see or get to know. The challenge falls on the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, the Immigration Department and also the security apparatus of this country who should be looking at the people who con our young people out of their money, lie to them and take them out there. Some of our immigration rules and regulations are complicated and cumbersome until somebody who wants to look for greener pastures or has been promised a good salary out there will try to evade them. At the end of the day, all our offices, unfortunately, are involved in corruption. You will never get any assistance unless you pay something. Once you report that you are going to Saudi Arabia, they think you are going to mint dollars there. They tell you that for them to clear you, you have to bring them a certain amount. That is what is killing us. In the process, brokers, conmen and underground agents come in to fill the gap which has been created by the officers who are not ready to do their work smoothly. Instead, they make the doors tighter and tighter and open doors for others to exploit our people. Therefore, it is up to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to know who is there and how to bring them back if they are not comfortable. If there are human rights abuses, who will address them? Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should go to other countries to see our people and ensure that their welfare is taken care of. I request the Committee to dig deeper into this matter. It should go to other countries where Kenyans are languishing. If they are doing well, they should let us know. If they are treated well, let us know. They should focus on bringing back some of our doctors. We have so many doctors in South Africa. There are doctors who have emigrated to Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. Currently, we are looking for doctors from Cuba who do not even know what malaria is. We have already brought them into the country. They do not even know how to talk to Wanjiku or Nkirote or Adhiambo. We have our own who are very qualified, but because we do not pay, treat or remunerate them well as per their qualifications, they rush to our neighbouring countries and end up getting better salaries there. They decide to live there and in the long run forget their motherland. Then we say we have no doctors. We have to correct our systems! This is a challenge to the Ministry. Let us not whitewash the Committee. It did its bit. It is not as perfect, but you cannot be 100 per cent perfect. There is room for improvement. Let us appreciate whatever has been put on the table, dig deeper and get the culprits. We need to act on what has been put on the table."
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